Just a half hour after the official gravitational waves discovery news came out, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson put it into perspective live in NY. [raw video]

aNewDomain — Astrophysicist and author Neil deGrasse Tyson speaks off the cuff at a Feb. 11, 2016 Columbia University event a half hour after LIGO’s gravitational waves discovery news came out. In this raw video, Tyson discusses how the Laser Interferometer detected the collision of two black holes, the space-time distortions that resulted and what it all means.